Friend in the 'hood (3)
I believe the answer is:
bro
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">friend in the 'hood</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bro that I've seen before include "Word used for male relative" , "who may have a 28 [SIS]?" , "Sis's sibling?" , "somewhere one feels close to" , "US form of address" .)